Short on graves, China turns to sea burials

[phantom power]

BEIJING — In this country of almost 1.4 billion people, life is an unending struggle for resources — money, property, even spouses. And it doesn’t get easier in death.

Prices for graves are skyrocketing, driven by decades of unbridled development and scarce city land. The government’s answer to this conundrum: sea burials.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/short-on-graves-china-turns-to-sea-burials/2013/04/03/16aeb80e-9c53-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html

[Wait Wut]

1. Ummmmm...

...gross. Hope the tide carries them to NK.

[Demeter]

2. The ultimate recycling opportunity

ashes to ashes, dust to dust, compost to compost...ancestor worship is a liability.

[wtmusic]

3. Didn't work so well for pigs.

[Nihil]

6. That was what sprang to my mind too ...

"If in doubt, throw it in the nearest water!"

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. This is getting SO close to Soylent Green..

I dread the next dog snack recall..........

[stuntcat]

5. cremation isn't good enough?

the oceans aren't full of enough rotting trash?

Well all the cruise ships are already emptying their kitchens and toilets in the water all the time. That's so much trash every single day. Considering all the trash out there I guess this is a drop in the nasty bucket.